fly-by-night
Example Sentences
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The proliferation of fly-by-night flags and registers has fanned concern about possible accidents involving old tankers with sanctioned cargoes, but until the recent seizures Western governments have mostly allowed them to sail unimpeded.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
“I hired this fly-by-night team who set up the balloon in this wooded area,” Levine said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
Experts say the problem is fueled by the ease of setting up a fly-by-night operation online to move goods.
From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2024
Mr. Stoppelman said the surplus of fly-by-night companies gave credence to a joke that circulated around PayPal: Start-ups do better in the suburbs because their workers have less to do outside the office.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2022
Those jars were something you might expect to find in the basement of a fly-by-night medical school, not a house full of children.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
